Hans_Holbein_the_Younger_-_Portrait_Miniature_of_Katherine_Howard_(Strawberry_Hill).jpg
Summary
Hans Holbein the Younger : Portrait Miniature of Katherine Howard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | portrait miniature | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
A Portrait miniature of a lady thought to be Katherine Howard, circa 1540, by Hans Holbein the Younger
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Depicted people | Catherine Howard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | circa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | watercolor paint on vellum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
diameter: 5.3 cm (2 in)
dimensions QS:P2386,+5.3U174728
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Collection |
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Accession number |
Strawberry Hill ID: sh-000454
(
Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill
)
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Notes |
English:
One of two extant portrait miniatures of this sitter by Hans Holbein the Younger,
the other
in the
Royal Collection
(ref.
RCIN 422293
), this miniature was formerly in the collection of
Horace Walpole
at
Strawberry Hill
. Foister records a reference to a third miniature listed as of Katherine Howard by Holbein, sold from the collection of the artist Pieter Stevens of Antwerp in 1668 and unassociated with either of the surviving two miniatures.
There is no undisputed contemporary likeness of Katherine Howard. The most compelling argument in favour of the lady's regal status is that the large ruby, emerald and pearl jewel that she wears is similar to that shown in Holbein's
portrait of Jane Seymour
at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, (ref.
881
) and identical to that shown in the
portrait of Henry VIII’s third queen
, at the Mauritshuis, The Hague, (ref.
278
). This pendant jewel and her carcanet (necklace) of pearls and rubies set in goldsmith’s work, may have been given to Katherine Howard by Henry VIII on their marriage in 1540. The double-looped necklace closely resembles those seen in portraits of Henry VIII’s other wives, including Jane Seymour (Kunsthistorisches Museum) and is identical to that of Catherine Parr in the
Hastings portrait
, National Trust (ref.
NT 1276906
).
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References | https://libsvcs-1.its.yale.edu/strawberryhill/oneitem.asp?id=552 ( English ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://libsvcs-1.its.yale.edu/strawberryhill/oneitem.asp?id=552 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions |
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